Performance Considerations

The configuration of the computer determines the level of performance.

The performance of Control Expert can be affected by opening simultaneously several windows, accessing a large quantity of animated data, or using a large application.

Hardware and System Requirements

For details on hardware and system requirements, refer to the readme file. It is available in the ISO installation file and after installation at the path C:\Program Files (x86)\Schneider Electric\Control Expert X (where X is the installed version).

NOTE: If you reinstall the operating system on computer where a license has been activated, then the license information is no longer available. In this case, you can reinstall the already activated license on the Enterprise License Server without consuming additional usage rights.

Firewall

Control Expert with Topology Manager is based on a client-server architecture. The first time Control Expert is installed on a PC, the service SE.Automation.SystemManager.Service.exe is executed.

If a firewall is active on the operating system, make sure that this service execution is authorized on the computer acting as Control Expert server. Otherwise, Control Expert clients cannot connect to the server to engineer system projects.

Other Requirements

The following are required before installing Control Expert:

  • Microsoft Edge

  • Windows Installer V4.5 or later

  • .NET 3.5 SP1 and .NET 4.8 (for details, refer to the readme file available in the ISO installation file)

Control Expert on Windows Server 2019

On Windows Server 2019, Control Expert runs without restriction.

Control Expert in a Virtual Machine

Control Expert runs on the following virtual machines:

  • VMware Workstation Pro

  • VMware vSphere - Hypervisor - ESXi

Before launching Control Expert on your virtual machine, make sure that the setting Accelerate 3D graphics is not activated. Otherwise you may have a blank window and/or unreadable messages.

To access the display settings of your Control Expert virtual machine, select Player > Manage > Virtual Machine Settings... . In the Hardware tab, select Display.